The case was listed, however was not heard immediately.

In 2014, Dhoni filed a civil go well with to completely restrain Sampath Kumar, who was the then Inspector General of Police, from making any assertion linking him (Dhoni) to match-fixing and spot-fixing of matches. He prayed the court docket to direct him to pay Rs 100 crore in direction of damages.

By an interim order handed on March 18, 2014, the court docket restrained Sampath Kumar from making any assertion towards Dhoni. Despite the order, Sampath Kumar allegedly filed an affidavit earlier than the Supreme Court containing disparaging remarks towards the judiciary and the senior counsel representing the State within the instances towards him. When it was delivered to the discover of the Madras High Court, it took the identical on its file in December, 2021.

After acquiring consent from Advocate-General R Shanmugasundaram on July 18 this 12 months to file the contempt utility, Dhoni most well-liked the current contempt utility on October 11 this 12 months to punish Sampath Kumar for his alleged motion of constructing remarks towards the judiciary in violation of the court docket’s interim order handed in 2014.